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Word forms: overreaches, overreaching, overreached

Definitions

verb

If you say that someone overreachesthemselves, you mean that they fail at something because they are trying to do more than they are able to. [V pron-refl] ⇒ He overreached himself and lost much of his fortune. [V pron-refl] ⇒ The company had overreached itself and made unwise investments. [V] ⇒ The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.